Seeding-hoe.



L. A. SANDOE'.

SEEDING- HOE.

APPLIOATION FILED DEC. 2. 1910.

991,653. Patented May 9,1911.

inventor Akziaz,

Attorneys UN-rr LEROY A. SANDOE, 0F HOPE, ARKANSAS.

SEEDING-HOE.

Application filed December 2, 1910.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, LEROY A. SANDOE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hope, in the county of Hempstead and State of Arkansas, haveinvented a new and useful Seeding-Hoe, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention has relation to seeding hoes and consists in the novelconstruction and arrangement of its parts as hereinafter shown anddescribed.

The object of the invention is to provide a hoe of simple structurewhich may also be used for the purpose of seeding or reseeding a crop atthe time that it is cultivated by hand.

with this object in view the hoe includes a handle which is adapted tobe used approximately throughout its entire length as a seed receptacle,said handle being closed at its lower end by a plug of wood or similarmaterial into which the shank of the hoe blade is driven. A ferrulesurrounds the lower or forward ends of the plug and handle and serves asa stiffening member for the structure. In the vicinity of the said plugthe handle is provided with an opening over which a valve is slidablyand in some instances rotatably positioned, the said opening adapted toserve as a port through which the seed may pass. A valve is slidablymounted within the handle and is adapted to control the passage of seedto the opening in the handle and a spring actuated rod traverses thelength of the handle and is secured at one end to the seed-controllingvalve, and at its other end passes through a cap which is screw-threadedupon the rear end of the handle.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 is a perspective view of one formof the hoe with parts broken away. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectionalview of the form of hoe as illustrated in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detailperspective view of a portion of the seed-controlling valve as used inthe form of hoe illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. A is a longitudinalsectional view of a modified form of the hoe. Fig. 5 is a perspectiveview of a valve guide used in the form of hoe as illustrated in Fig. 4.Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a seed valve as used in the form of hoeillustrated in Fig. 4.

The features in common in all of the forms of the hoe will be describedfirst.

The hoe includes a hollow handle 1 which Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented May 9, 1911.

Serial No. 595,267.

is preferably in the form of a pipe or tube having a plug 2 inserted inits lower or forward end. The said plug is preferably of wood. A ferrule3 surrounds the lower or forward end of the handle 1 and also overlapsthe lower or forward end of the plug 2 and serves as means for bracingthe structure. The shank e of a hoe blade 5 is inserted in the plug 2 inthe manner usually resorted to for attaching the shank of a hoe blade toa wooden handle. A cap 6 is screwthreaded or otherwise detachablymounted upon the upper or rear end of the handle 1 and a spring-actuatedrod 7 passes through the cap 6 and is provided upon its projecting endportion with a knob or handle 8. The handle 1 is provided in thevicinity of the upper or rear end of the plug 2 with an opening 9 whichis adapted to be used as a seed exit as will be explained hereinafter. Asplit or non-continuous band 10 snugly receives the handle 1 and islocated adjacent the opening 9. The said band 10 is slidably mountedupon the handle 1 but the frictional contacts between the inner surfaceof the band and the exterior of the handle 1 is suflioient to hold theband 10 in a position that it is adjusted to upon the said handle. Theband 10 is designed to increase or diminish the transverse area of theseed exit 9, and thereby governs the quantity of seed which may passthrough the said opening.

A detailed description of the difierent forms of the modifications ofthe invention will now be given.

In the form as illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 a hollow seed-controllingvalve 10 is slidably mounted in the handle 1 and is connected with thelower or forward end of the rod 7. The spring 11 which governs the rod 7as illustrated in these figures bears at its lower or forward endagainst fixed stops 12 attached to the handle 1 and at its upper or rearend against a stop 13 which is carried by the rod 7. This spring 11 isunder tension with a tendency to hold the stops 12 and 13 apart to thegreatest extent. The cylindrical seed-controlling valve 10 is providedwith an opening 14: which at times is adapted to r eg ister with theopening 9 whereby seed may be permitted to pass from the interior of thesaid valve 10 through the registering openings 14c and 9 and through thespace between the ends of the valve 10. The operation of this form ofhoe is as follows. When the hoe is used so that an incision is cut inthe soil with the blade 5 and it is desired to plant in the saidincision seed, the operator holds the opening 9 in the handle 1 over theincision in the soil, then presses upon the 5 knob or handle 8 wherebythe rod 7 is moved longitudinally against the spring 11. This movementon the part of the rod 7 moves the seed-controlling valve down so thatits opening 14 registers with the opening 9 in the handle 1 and seed ispermitted to pass from within the valve 10 through the said registeringopenings and between the ends of the valve 10 into the incisionpreviously made in the soil. As soon as the operator relieves pressurefrom the knob or handle 8, the tension of the spring 11 comes into playand moves the rod 7 in a reverse direction to that above describedwhereby the lower end of the seed controlling-valve 10 is carried abovethe upper edge of the opening 9 and communication between the interiorof the handle 1 and the opening 9 is broken. It is of course understoodthat if 'corn or other large grain is planted in the manner asindicated, the band 10 is moved along the handle in order to clearmaximum space through the opening 9, but if peas or similar small seedis planted the said band 10 is moved along the opening 9 so as topartially close the same. Thus the passage-way through the opening 9 maybe regulated to accommodate the particular kind of seed which is passedtherethrough.

In the form of seeding hoe as illustrated in Figs. 4, 5 and 6 a guide 15is positioned in the handle 1 in the vicinity of the seed outlet 9. Thisguide is approximately V shaped in edge elevation, but it may be of anyother appropriate form. A valve 16 is slidably mounted between the sideportions of the guide 15 and is provided with a flange 17 which projectsthrough the opening 9 in the handle 1. The spring 11 bears at one endagainst the cap 6 and at its other end against a stop 18 fixed to therod 7. The spring 11 is under tension with a tendency to hold the stop18 away from the cap 6. In operating this form of hoe the incision ismade in the ground as above stated and instead of pushing the knob orhandle 8, the operator pulls upon the knob or handle 8 whereby the rod 7is moved longitudinally against the tension of the spring 11. Thismovement upon the part of the rod 7 draws the valve 16 from over theopening 9. The flange 17 extending through the said open ing limits thesliding movement of the valve 16. iVhen the end of the valve 16 uncoversthe opening 9 the seed may pass from within 60 the handle 1 and betweenthe sides of the guide 15 through the opening 9 and may fall into theincision previously made in the soil.

In the form of the invention as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 of thedrawing wherein an inner valve 10 is employed in the tubular handle 1 itis obvious that instead of reciprocating the inner valve 10 as has beeneX- plained hereinbefore that the said valve 10' may be caused to selectthe seed and drop the same when the said valve 10' is rotated within thehandle 1 and its outlet is in register with the outlet 9 of the saidhandle.

Vhcn the parts are assembled so that this latter mode of operation maybe resorted to the spring 11 may be dispensed wit-h and the said valve10 may have its outlet at the same distance from the end of the handle 1as the handle outlet 9. The outlet 9 is closed and opened by rotatingthe valve 10' through the rod 7 and knob 8 in the manner as indicated.

Having described the invention what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is 1. A seeding hoe comprising a hollow handle, a hoeblade attached thereto, said handle having a seed opening, anon-continuous band snugly receiving the handle and adapted to beadjusted over the seed-opening to increase or diminish the transversearea of the passage-way through the same, a spring-actuatedseed-controlling valve slidably mounted in the handle and adapted tooperate over the seedopening, a cap detachably mounted at one end of thehandle, a rod connected at one end with the said seedcontrolling valveand projecting through said cap.

2. A seeding hoe comprising a hollow handle, a hoe blade attached to thehandle said handle having in its side a seed outlet opening, a capdetachably mounted upon one end of the handle, a valve guide locatedwithin the handle in the vicinity of the seedoutlet opening, a valveslidably mounted in said guide and having a flange which projectsthrough the seed-opening, a rod connected at one end to said valve andpassing through the said cap, and a spring located within the handle andarranged to exert stress upon the rod to normally hold the valve closedover the seed-outlet opening.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

7. M. GAUTLEY, T. E. BRIANT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

